Gunmen robbed us near Benue police checkpoint – Victim

<p>A victim of armed robbery, Terna Amos, on Wednesday, recounted how he and other passengers of a vehicle heading to Makurdi from Otukpo, both in Benue State were attacked by suspected armed robbers in Adaka, a suburb of the state capital, on Tuesday.</p>, <p>Amos, who is the Benue State correspondent of the National Record newspaper, told journalists in Makurdi that the suspects also raped two female passengers.</p>, <p>The incident, according to him, occurred around 9pm on Tuesday along the Naka-Makurdi Road, a few kilometres from Makurdi.</p>, <p>Amos said he and other passengers had boarded the vehicle from Otukpo to Makurdi and ran into a roadblock mounted by the suspected armed robbers.</p>, <p>He said, “The incident happened close to a police checkpoint near Adaka when some men numbering about 10 forced our vehicle to stop.</p>, <p>“The robbers collected our phones and other valuables and asked us to lie face down while some of them took two female passengers into the nearby bush and raped them.</p>, <p>“We were hearing as the female passengers were begging the suspected robbers to spare them and were later screaming.”</p>, <p>Amos, who said the operation lasted for about an hour, regretted that there was no intervention by security operatives.</p>, <p>As of the time of filing this report, he said he was yet to report the incident to the police.</p>, <p>When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, said she was yet to get the report of the robbery.</p>